ACC [PC] S7 - Special Event 2 [Zolder 2020] Unique Format! (non-champ.)

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  1. krunch

    krunch ACC Server Legend Team Raceonoz Gold Member Super ROOZ

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    RaceOnOz Monday Night ACC League Season 7 - GT3 Spring Cup!
    Admin team: @krunch, @nanlatt, @CornfordCaster

    Prepare for double trouble as we take ACC PC drivers into uncharted territory!

    You're in for a shock!
    o_O
    You've never experienced anything like this!
    :alien:
    You're racing into a political storm!
    :eek:
    Are you hearing the shonky announcer voice in your head?????
    :cautious:

    Don't answer that! But answer this...

    Do you have what it takes to race in 2 different cars classes in 2 different races in one night?
    Are you prepared to stop being a princess and race in a team?
    Can you negotiate a complex cross channel trade deal with the enemy?

    (OK maybe that last one isn't on you)

    If the answer is YES (and also no, cos... please just do this race with us! :notworthy:) then
    you're invited to sign up now to the
    never-before-attempted,
    one-of-a-kind,
    massively-over-hyped...


    DOUBLE CROSS BREXIT TEAM CHALLENGE!
    (yes that's really what we called it)

    But wait, there's more!
    You'll be FREE to claim
    a STAKE in
    the political KNIVES fight that is
    Brexit!

    Not only will you be racing in a team with NO DRIVER SWAPS (er what? o_O)
    but you'll also be racing for the NATION OF ORIGIN of your two cars - ENGLAND and GERMANY!


    "On which day does this unmissable event take place?" I hear you cry!
    "Monday 22nd November" you hear me say!

    "At what time does this amazing event begin?" I hear you cry!
    "Shut up and just read the details below" you hear me say!


    Non-Championship Special Event
    - DOUBLE CROSS BREXIT TEAM CHALLENGE -

    Circuit Zolder 2020
    22nd November 2021 at
    8:00pm
    (AEDT - click for time zone info)
    THIS EVENT WILL START 15 MINUTES EARLIER THAN OUR STANDARD RACES

    REMINDER: NO CUSTOM PAINTED SKINS ALLOWED DUE TO JOIN LAG! PENALTIES MAY APPLY

    We recommend completely uninstalling custom painted skins from your ACC folders to avoid the excessive join lag issue.

    HOW IS THIS GOING TO WORK?
    • This is a new experimental format and... well it might not work - but let's hope it does :)
    • This is a TEAMS ONLY event with 2 drivers per team only. You cannot race without being in a team (in the event of an odd number of entries one of the Admins will pull out to even it up).
    • Teams will be allocated by the Admins (based on our immense intellectual powers) in an attempt to even up overall team pace
    • You may request to be teamed up with someone but the Admin team will make the final decision as per above
    • You may request a team name. This can be changed later if you and your allocated teammate agree on a different name
    • Each driver will either request or be allocated a MANUFACTURER which will determine their GT3 and GT4 car choice
    • Manufacturer (and Nation) preference is limited to the following:
      1. Aston Martin (England)
      2. Bentley/Ginetta (England)
      3. McLaren (England)
      4. BMW (Germany)
      5. Mercedes (Germany)
      6. Porsche (Germany)
      7. Use my Teammate's preference (if they have one)
      8. Surprise me! (helps us even things up - thanks)
    • There will be 2 x 40 min sprint races with NO mandatory pitstops
    • There will 2 x 15 min qualifying sessions - 1 before each race
    • Race 1 will be run on Server 1 while Race 2 will be run on Server 2
    • All drivers will need to swap between servers after the conclusion of Race 1 and before the start of Qual 2
    • For Race 1 each team will have their 1st driver in a GT3 car and their 2nd driver in a GT4 car (the server entry lists will force this)
    • For Race 2 each driver must swap cars with their teammate (the server entry lists will force this)
    • 1st and 2nd drivers will be allocated by the Admin team
    POINTS & WINNERS
    • There are three competitive categories in this event:
      • Teams Trophy*
      • Manufacturers Trophy*
      • Nations Trophy*
      • There is no individual drivers trophy but you may get a hearty "well done" message and a virtual pat on the back.
      • There are no Driver class points ladder splits - all teams are in the same overall driver class (Pioneers)
    * before you get excited there are no real trophies on offer here!

    • Scoring is based on points earned by each individual Driver's overall finishing position in each race - regardless of car class.
      • Team points are obtained by adding together that team's two driver's race points across both races
      • Manufacturer points are obtained by adding together all of that manufacturer's *eligible team's points
      • Nation points are obtained by adding together all of that nation's manufacturer's points
      • The highest pointscore wins in each competitive category
    ^ Eligible teams depends on the lowest number of team slots filled for any manufacturer. Eg if four manufacturers have 2 teams but two manufacturers only have 1 team then only the points from each manufacturer's highest scoring team will be used for the Manufacturers Trophy and Nation's Trophy.

    • The points will be initially allocated down to 24 driver slots as per the points table below. If we register more than 24 drivers then the points table will be scaled up (essentially doubled) to reach 48 slots.

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    HOW TO SIGNUP TO THIS EVENT
    :sneaky::ninja::alien::cautious::cool::eek::poop::oops::roflmao::sleep::coffee::thumbsup:

    • Current Season 7 drivers are NOT automatically signed up - you need to go make it happen if you want to be in this race!
    • Drivers not in the current season are free to signup as well
    • Registrations OPEN at 8PM AEDT Tuesday 16th November!
      • Registrations NOW CLOSED - however post here or PM/Discord us if you really want to join tonight (we can fit 2 more drivers into Bentley/Ginetta)
      • We will not be signing up using stevehasadomain.com for this event
    • Registrations CLOSE at 8PM AEDT Sunday 21st November!
    • Servers are up now so you can get some practice in anytime.
    • Whacky Wednesday will be a run through of this format in a shorter form and without entry lists

    SERVER INFO
    Race Server Name: RaceOnOz.com ROOZ [AUS:AEDT] SVR01 [PRAC/RACE 1] S7 SE2 [Zolder 2020 - PQR1 40min]
    Server Password: season7
    • The server will kick over to official practice at 8:00pm (AEST) Monday night
    • The server won't show in the multiplayer lobby so you will need to search for "raceonoz" or "rooz".
    Prac Server Name: RaceOnOz.com ROOZ [AUS:AEDT] SVR02 [PRAC/RACE 2] S7 SE2 [Zolder 2020 - PQR2 40min]
    Server Password: season7
    • This server will kick over to official practice at 9:20pm (AEST) Monday night
    • The server won't show in the multiplayer lobby so you will need to search for "raceonoz" or "rooz".

    RACE & SESSION INFO
    This round is an EXPERIMENT:
    • 2 x 20 minute practice sessions - 1 before each Qual
    • 2 x 15 minute Qualifying sessions with no class-split running - 1 before each Race
    • 2 x 40 minute sprint races - server switch required between races!
    • no tyre restrictions
    • no fuel restrictions
    • no mandatory pitstops
    • Full formation lap with UI gizmo and car ghosting on. Getting too far out of position can result in being auto-sent to the pits for the start.
    • Server time scale multiplier set at 1x for this round.
    • SESSIONS (same for each server):
      • Official Practice, 20 mins (in game Sunday 1pm) - OPEN for joining
      • Qualifying, 15 mins (in game Sunday 2pm) - OPEN for joining
      • Race, 40 mins (in game Sunday 3pm) - OPEN for joining
    • Weather: no chance of rain
      "ambientTemp": 23, "cloudLevel": 0.2, "rain": 0, "weatherRandomness": 2 (this may be adjusted by Admins during the week)


    DRIVING STANDARDS
    • Redressing is a thing - It's important to redress when you have caused another car to lose position. More info here

    • Start Formation - The Kunos start system isn't perfect and still allows cars to be a fair way out of place by the time the lights go green so we will continue to review starts as a matter of procedure. We will issue warnings or penalties to drivers that we believe are gaining an unfair advantage or disadvantaging other drivers by being out of position.
      • Please respect other drivers and stay in your grid position
      • Do not stay 'ghosted' within any other car especially in the final phase of the formation lap
      • It is not acceptable to take another car's position before the start
      • If ACC fails to give a penalty for being out of position then the Admin team will issue a post race penalty
      • Driver's need to be side by side with their row partner and must maintain a reasonable gap to the cars ahead prior to the lights going green
      • Drivers should stop all weaving and brake warming as soon as the double file segment begins
      • penalties WILL NOT BE CLEARED even if it seems to be a glitch - just take more care!

    • Avoiding pre-start and Lap 1 Carnage! - Take extra care as the lights go green as all cars will be in a tight, accelerating pack:
      • Expect cars to be much closer to you and varying in speed due to all the others around so try to leave a tad more space.
      • Assume there are cars in your blind spots and and on the other side of visible cars until the pack spreads out more.
      • In braking zones you must brake SIGNIFICANTLY earlier than you would in general racing.
      • Avoid sudden direction changes unless you are sure you are well clear.
      • If on a straight section don't drift - stay straight.
      • Approach each situation with caution but execute your driving with intelligence.
      • If you need to redress in this tight pack situation keep going until you can move out of the traffic safely before slowing down

    • Optional use of indicators - Should drivers wish to use indicators to assist with managing lapped traffic, they are to be used as they are used on the road - i.e. you should indicate which way you are going - if you indicate left, you go left. REMEMBER TO TURN THEM OFF AGAIN.

    • All drivers should read the "Rooz Etiquette guide' and "Rules & Regs" linked below before the start of Round 1.

    MORE INFO

    DISCORD & VOICE
    All important information for racing is available on our forums, however we strongly advise drivers to join our Discord server for for voice and text chat. Sometimes critical information such as server issues, race delays, last minute race format changes, instructions to a specific driver, etc. will be relayed only through the Discord voice channel and text chat. There is also a healthy dose of banter that just makes the round more fun :). Once you sign up for any Season at Rooz you'll be given extra Discord permissions for text chat.

    >> ROOZ Discord Server <<

    Discord voice chat rules and etiquette:
    • if you intend to chat you MUST use push-to-talk. No-none wants to hear your gear clicks, heavy breathing or barking dog in the background.
    • non-excessive chat and banter is OK in Practice sessions.
    • There should be minimal chat in Qualifying sessions - essential questions, statements, apologies etc. only.
    • There should be minimal chat in Race sessions - essential questions, statements, apologies etc. only.
    • If you become frustrated or angry at yourself or another driver please do not push your talk button. Keep it private!
    • Please do not conduct arguments over voice chat. Sort it out later!
    • Abuse will not be tolerated. There's no place for that stuff at Rooz!
    • Please wait until ALL drivers have completed the final lap of a race before discussing your race.
    • Admins may speak at any time in any session for obvious reasons.
    • Feel free to hang around in chat after the race. Many of us like to have a laugh about things that may have happened in the race and it can be a nice wind-down :)

    WHY NO CUSTOM PAINTED SKINS?
    Unfortunately due to the serious "join freeze" or "join lag" issue we are currently not allowing the use of custom painted skins for this season. Specifically we are talking about skins painted externally and saved as PNG files that are added to ACC.

    We love the idea of custom painted skins and would dearly love to add this rich feature to our league but ultimately the quality of the racing must come first. We have discussed at length a number of ideas and methodologies to try to overcome the problem but these involve arrangements which add complexity for the admin team as well as all drivers involved in the season and still may not result in overcoming the problem. If the situation improves significantly either through better support within ACC or through the community arriving at workable solutions then we will certainly look at allowing custom painted skins into our Monday night league racing.

    If you also love custom painted skins then please help us out by searching high and low for real solutions, and by all means feel free to do some testing on our servers including during our Wednesday fun practice nights.

    At this stage we are not restricting the use of the in-game editor for creating custom colour schemes. This may change if we find that even that system causes serious join lag issues.

    NOTE: As we cannot block the use of skins at the server level we strongly suggest all drivers who sign up to the season remove all custom painted skins from their game installation folders as a precaution. If a custom painted skin has been accidentally left selected on a driver's car when they enter the server during a qualifying session causing join lag they will be immediately disqualified from the round. Any driver that has a copy of that joining driver's selected skin will experience a large join lag as that image is loaded into memory. Every other driver on the server may experience some level of 'join lag' even if they have zero customs skins in their game.

    Thanks for racing at RaceOnOz
    :)
    Last edited: Nov 22, 2021
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  2. krunch

    krunch ACC Server Legend Team Raceonoz Gold Member Super ROOZ

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    Final Results
    Congratulations to our Winners:
    Nation: England
    Manufacturer: Bentley/Ginetta
    Team: Enter Name Here @Cinder @Bruno Gallo

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    Timesheets for all sessions:



    Event Registration Status

    Drivers:
    • Entry Target: 24
    • Maximum Entries: 48
    • Current Entries: 24
    Manufacturers:
    We now have 24 drivers! Bentley/Ginetta now has a second team. All teams now count for points.
    Note:
    In the table below the first listed driver in each team will race the GT3 in Race 1

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    Last edited: Nov 23, 2021
  3. CornfordCaster

    CornfordCaster Moderator Team Raceonoz Gold Member

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    Love the effort you put into this post Krunch, top form comedy.

    If it's useful when the teams/manufacturers have been assigned we could potentially open up some temporary text channels in discord to help with team discussions, only if this a requested thing too.

    Additionally for those in teams it would be good to try and get your liveries to match but this wont be enforced.

    I think it would be cool to see most manufacturer's with a similar primary colour and then a team secondary and accent for example;
    McLaren Papaya
    Aston Green
    BMW Blue
    Porsche Yellow
    Bentley White
    Mercedes Black
    Or some variation on this, but it's not mandatory. Lets have some fun with this!
    Last edited: Nov 16, 2021
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  4. krunch

    krunch ACC Server Legend Team Raceonoz Gold Member Super ROOZ

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  5. Dan Medved

    Dan Medved Rookie

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    Wow, that was the best sales pitch for a race ever! Sold! @krunch if you don't already work in marketing you need to, you'd make a killing hahaha.
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  6. CornfordCaster

    CornfordCaster Moderator Team Raceonoz Gold Member

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    @Wally @WALLZY @weezywestern @blanchyZ1000SX and Angry Oldfella who can't be tagged on here because I don't know his ROOZ account if he has one.

    There are too many Astons, please eliminate 1.

    Ideally we're taking first come preferences but it's not become complicated with the team situation. All other cars are still available and more Aston slots only may open up when we have reached the minimum 24 signups so don't hold your breath.
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  7. Wally

    Wally Team Driver

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    I could give a Merc a try.
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  8. CornfordCaster

    CornfordCaster Moderator Team Raceonoz Gold Member

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    Sounds good, I'll give the rest a chance to respond too though :thumbsup:
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  9. krunch

    krunch ACC Server Legend Team Raceonoz Gold Member Super ROOZ

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    Haha thanks! Seeing as my driving's been a bit of a joke lately I thought I'd try some of that on the forum :D
  10. WALLZY

    WALLZY Rookie Gold Member

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    I could swap to the BMW if thats needed.
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  11. weezywestern

    weezywestern New Recruit Gold Member

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    @CornfordCaster This is Mitchell Western, this is my ROOZ account. Put Angry and I down as what you need us to with Aston being first preference.
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    Wayne Edis New Recruit

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    Wayne Edis New Recruit

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    @CornfordCaster ...yep I'm happy with that
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    Wayne Edis New Recruit

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    Is Angry by the way
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  15. krunch

    krunch ACC Server Legend Team Raceonoz Gold Member Super ROOZ

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    Currently we have 16 drivers signed up. We're hoping for more.
    We'd like to have at least 2 teams per manufacturer (24 drivers) but more is great too. Really hoping to avoid a last minute registration influx.

    To some of our regulars who haven't yet signed up for this event...
    What are you waiting for?
    This is a completely new format for ACC!
    Be a Pioneer not a No-idea!
    :thumbsup:
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  16. Paul McElhinney

    Paul McElhinney Rookie

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    I put myself down as being flexible about what car to drive. Is there any chance of finding out what i'm in so I can have a practice in the car tomorrow before the race?
  17. krunch

    krunch ACC Server Legend Team Raceonoz Gold Member Super ROOZ

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    Fair question mate. It's a bit of a lucky dip situation for this event but we understand a bit of notice is handy. We'll see what we can do to get it sorted ASAP.
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    krunch ACC Server Legend Team Raceonoz Gold Member Super ROOZ

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    UPDATED AGAIN TO ADD THE LAST 2 DRIVERS!
    Teams & Manufacturers have been allocated:
    Note: In the table below the first listed driver in each team will race the GT3 in Race 1

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    krunch ACC Server Legend Team Raceonoz Gold Member Super ROOZ

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    Note: In the table above the first listed driver in each team will race the GT3 in Race 1
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  20. Wally

    Wally Team Driver

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    @Mael I apologise in advance for coming last in the GT3 race.